Medan, N Sumatra, Sept 30 (ANTARA) - Thousands of people in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, fled their buildings for safety when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Sumatra on Wednesday a

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Khagaria, Sep 30 (PTI) With the recovery of 35 more
bodies, the toll in the boat capsize in Khagaria district (in
India's eastern state of Bihar) rose to 56 Wednesday as search

Australia's population is set to overtake the 22 million mark shortly after
lunchtime on Thursday, a demographer predicts.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has offered his condolences to Samoa - part of what he
called the Pacific family - following the deadly tsunami that struck the tiny
nation.

A six-year-old girl has died in the Samoa tsunami, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.
"We have ... had confirmed the death of a six-year-old girl, an Australian," he said.

Towering tsunamis sparked by an early morning earthquake have devastated the
neighbouring Pacific nations of Samoa and American Samoa killing more than 100

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- No Malaysian casualties have been
reported in the deadly tsunami in the south Pacific island of Samoa and

Amman, September 30, SPA -- The Jordanian Ministry of Culture has
emphasized the importance of Conference of Movement of Authorship and

Riyadh, September 30, SPA -- The Executive Office of Health Ministers
Council of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold at its